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Asset pricing with index investing

Chabakauri, Georgy and Rytchkov, Oleg (2014) Asset pricing with index investing. Working papers. Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Rochester, USA.

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Abstract

We provide a novel theoretical analysis of how index investing affects capital market equilibrium. We consider a dynamic exchange economy with heterogeneous investors and two Lucas trees and find that indexing can either increase or decrease the correlation between stock returns and in general increases (decreases) volatilities and betas of stocks with larger (smaller) market capitalizations. Indexing also decreases market volatility and interest rates, although those effects are weak. The impact of index investing is particularly strong when stocks have heterogeneous fundamentals. Our results highlight that indexing changes not only how investors can trade but also their incentives to trade.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL: http://www.ssrn.com/
Additional Information: © 2014 The Authors
Divisions: Finance
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance
JEL classification: D - Microeconomics > D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium > D52 - Incomplete Markets
G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G12 - Asset Pricing; Trading volume; Bond Interest Rates
Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2015 14:35
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 23:34
Funders: Paul Woolley Centre, LSE
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/60739

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